![Portrait of James Jacques Joseph Tissot](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/tissot000.jpg)
James Jacques Joseph Tissot Painting Reproductions 5 of 5
1836-1902
French Victorian Neoclassicism Painter
James Jacques Joseph Tissot (October 15, 1836 - August 8, 1902) was a French painter.
Tissot was born at Nantes. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Ingres, Flandrin and Lamothe, and exhibited in the Paris Salon for the first time at the age of twenty-three. In 1861 he showed The Meeting of Faust and Marguerite, which was purchased by the state for the Luxembourg Gallery. His first characteristic period made him a painter of the charms of women. Demi-mondaine would be more accurate as a description of the series of studies which he called La Femme a Paris.
He fought in the Franco-Prussian War, and, falling under suspicion as a Communard, left Paris for London. Here he studied etching with Sir Seymour Haden, drew caricatures for Vanity Fair, and painted portraits as well as genre subjects.
Sometime in the 1870s Tissot met a divorcee, Mrs. Kathleen Newton, who became his companion and the model for many of his paintings. Mrs. Newton moved into Tissot's household in 1876 and lived with him until her suicide in the late stages of consumption in 1882 at the age of 28.
It was many years before he turned to the chief labor of his career - the production of a series of 700 water-color drawings to illustrate the life of Christ and the Old Testament. He disappeared from Paris, whither he had returned after the death of Kathleen Newton, and went to Palestine. In 1896 the series of 350 drawings of incidents in the life of Christ was exhibited in Paris, and the following year found them on show in London. They were then published by the firm of Lemercier in Paris, who had paid him 1,100,000 francs for them. (Over 500 related drawings, watercolors and oils are now in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum.)
After this he turned to the scenes of the Old Testament, upon which he was still engaged at the abbey of Buillon, in the department of Doubs, France, when he died.
The merits of Tissot's Bible illustrations lay rather in the care with which he studied the details of scenery than in any quality of religious emotion. He seemed to aim, above all, at accuracy, and, in his figures, at a vivid realism, which was far removed from the conventional treatment of sacred types.
Tissot was born at Nantes. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Ingres, Flandrin and Lamothe, and exhibited in the Paris Salon for the first time at the age of twenty-three. In 1861 he showed The Meeting of Faust and Marguerite, which was purchased by the state for the Luxembourg Gallery. His first characteristic period made him a painter of the charms of women. Demi-mondaine would be more accurate as a description of the series of studies which he called La Femme a Paris.
He fought in the Franco-Prussian War, and, falling under suspicion as a Communard, left Paris for London. Here he studied etching with Sir Seymour Haden, drew caricatures for Vanity Fair, and painted portraits as well as genre subjects.
Sometime in the 1870s Tissot met a divorcee, Mrs. Kathleen Newton, who became his companion and the model for many of his paintings. Mrs. Newton moved into Tissot's household in 1876 and lived with him until her suicide in the late stages of consumption in 1882 at the age of 28.
It was many years before he turned to the chief labor of his career - the production of a series of 700 water-color drawings to illustrate the life of Christ and the Old Testament. He disappeared from Paris, whither he had returned after the death of Kathleen Newton, and went to Palestine. In 1896 the series of 350 drawings of incidents in the life of Christ was exhibited in Paris, and the following year found them on show in London. They were then published by the firm of Lemercier in Paris, who had paid him 1,100,000 francs for them. (Over 500 related drawings, watercolors and oils are now in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum.)
After this he turned to the scenes of the Old Testament, upon which he was still engaged at the abbey of Buillon, in the department of Doubs, France, when he died.
The merits of Tissot's Bible illustrations lay rather in the care with which he studied the details of scenery than in any quality of religious emotion. He seemed to aim, above all, at accuracy, and, in his figures, at a vivid realism, which was far removed from the conventional treatment of sacred types.
117 Joseph Tissot Paintings
![Without a Dowry (Sans Dot), c.1883/85 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot100.jpg)
Without a Dowry (Sans Dot) c.1883/85
Oil Painting
$2907
$2907
Canvas Print
$53.63
$53.63
SKU: JTS-12371
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 147.1 x 105 cm
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 147.1 x 105 cm
Private Collection
![Waiting for the Ferry, c.1878 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot101.jpg)
Waiting for the Ferry c.1878
Oil Painting
$1738
$1738
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: JTS-12372
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 30.4 x 45.5 cm
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 30.4 x 45.5 cm
Private Collection
![The Return of the Prodigal Son, n.d. by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot102.jpg)
The Return of the Prodigal Son n.d.
Oil Painting
$5635
$5635
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: JTS-12373
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 115 x 205.7 cm
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 115 x 205.7 cm
Private Collection
![The Terrace of the Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich, c.1878 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot103.jpg)
The Terrace of the Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich c.1878
Oil Painting
$1838
$1838
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: JTS-12374
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Emigrants, c.1879 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot104.jpg)
Emigrants c.1879
Oil Painting
$1783
$1783
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: JTS-12375
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 40 x 18.4 cm
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 40 x 18.4 cm
Private Collection
![Richmond Bridge, c.1878 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot105.jpg)
Richmond Bridge c.1878
Oil Painting
$1392
$1392
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: JTS-12376
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 37 x 23.5 cm
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 37 x 23.5 cm
Private Collection
![The Two Sisters, 1863 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot106.jpg)
The Two Sisters 1863
Oil Painting
$2274
$2274
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: JTS-12377
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 210 x 136 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 210 x 136 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
![The Prodigal Son in a Foreign Land, 1880 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot107.jpg)
The Prodigal Son in a Foreign Land 1880
Oil Painting
$3403
$3403
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: JTS-12378
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Musee des Beaux Arts, Nantes, France
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Musee des Beaux Arts, Nantes, France
![Empress Eugenie and Eugene-Louis Napoleon Bonaparte at Camden Place, Chislehurst, 1872 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot108.jpg)
Empress Eugenie and Eugene-Louis Napoleon ... 1872
Oil Painting
$3241
$3241
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: JTS-12379
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 106.6 x 152.4 cm
Public Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 106.6 x 152.4 cm
Public Collection
![The Ladies of the Cars, c.1883/85 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot109.jpg)
The Ladies of the Cars c.1883/85
Oil Painting
$5342
$5342
Canvas Print
$63.46
$63.46
SKU: JTS-12380
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 144.7 x 100 cm
Rhode Island Museum of Art, Providence, USA
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 144.7 x 100 cm
Rhode Island Museum of Art, Providence, USA
![Japanese Girl Bathing, 1864 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot110.jpg)
Japanese Girl Bathing 1864
Oil Painting
$3147
$3147
Canvas Print
$55.05
$55.05
SKU: JTS-12381
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 208.9 x 24.5 cm
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Dijon, France
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 208.9 x 24.5 cm
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Dijon, France
![Gentleman in a Railway Carriage (M. Le Capitane)), c.1872 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot111.jpg)
Gentleman in a Railway Carriage (M. Le Capitane)) c.1872
Oil Painting
$1500
$1500
Canvas Print
$68.23
$68.23
SKU: JTS-12382
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 63.3 x 43 cm
Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, USA
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 63.3 x 43 cm
Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, USA
![Portrait of Mrs Catherine Smith Gill and Two of Her Children, 1877 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot112.jpg)
Portrait of Mrs Catherine Smith Gill and Two of ... 1877
Oil Painting
$2114
$2114
Canvas Print
$61.77
$61.77
SKU: JTS-12383
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 152.5 x 101.5 cm
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 152.5 x 101.5 cm
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom
![The Artists' Wives, 1885 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot113.jpg)
The Artists' Wives 1885
Oil Painting
$6171
$6171
Canvas Print
$53.07
$53.07
SKU: JTS-12384
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 146.1 x 101.6 cm
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, USA
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 146.1 x 101.6 cm
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, USA
![Waiting at the Station, 1874 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot114.jpg)
Waiting at the Station 1874
Oil Painting
$2277
$2277
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: JTS-17207
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Public Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Public Collection
![A Luncheon, c.1868 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot115.jpg)
A Luncheon c.1868
Oil Painting
$2571
$2571
Canvas Print
$57.63
$57.63
SKU: JTS-17208
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Waiting, c.1873 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot116.jpg)
Waiting c.1873
Oil Painting
$1988
$1988
Canvas Print
$53.50
$53.50
SKU: JTS-17209
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 56 x 78.8 cm
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 56 x 78.8 cm
Private Collection
![Triumph of the Will - The Challenge, c.1877 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot117.jpg)
Triumph of the Will - The Challenge c.1877
Oil Painting
$2823
$2823
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: JTS-17210
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 216.5 x 109.3 cm
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 216.5 x 109.3 cm
Private Collection
![The Morning Ride, c.1898 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot118.jpg)
The Morning Ride c.1898
Oil Painting
$2387
$2387
Canvas Print
$51.84
$51.84
SKU: JTS-17211
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 66.7 x 97.4 cm
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 66.7 x 97.4 cm
Private Collection
![The Snack, 1869 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot119.jpg)
The Snack 1869
Oil Painting
$1304
$1304
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: JTS-17212
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 54 x 36 cm
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 54 x 36 cm
Private Collection
![Portrait of Clotilde Briatte, Comtesse Pillet-Will, n.d. by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot120.jpg)
Portrait of Clotilde Briatte, Comtesse Pillet-Will n.d.
Oil Painting
$1513
$1513
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: JTS-17214
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 91 x 160.5 cm
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 91 x 160.5 cm
Private Collection